TL:DR: Apple operates in Russia and removes anti-war based relatively good guy non-state-funded anti-Putin podcasts that Russian government doesn’t like within Russia. Afaik.
no longer accessible inside Russia
Fuck Apple for not exiting Russia but the title makes it sound like they removed those globally.
Yeah, wtf? I thought they were sanctioned to the extent that it made it so most US/EU companies literally couldn’t continue doing business with Russia?
Meaning one’s that didn’t agree with Russia’s official stance, or ones claiming to be independent but still funded by Russia? Those would be very different things.
if only there would be some way to find out, like reading the article…
U.S. technology giant Apple has reportedly removed or hidden several Russian-language podcasts produced by independent journalists.
The news outlet Mediazona reported on November 14 that new episodes from the online radio station Ekho Moskvy and investigative outlet The Insider were no longer accessible inside Russia. A BBC Russian Service podcast also appeared to be affected.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe
During the Cold War, RFE was primarily aimed at broadcasting to Soviet satellite states, including the Baltic states, and RL targeted the Soviet Union itself. RFE was founded by the National Committee for a Free Europe as an anti-communist propaganda[8] source in 1949, while RL was founded two years later.
Guys you don’t understand this is how indipendent journalism is done
Do we have something like this for Asia as well? Like you never know they might run out of our garbage propaganda… Oh yes we do.
Edit: this stuff is worse than like CGTN or Sputnik, because at least those don’t try to hide behind “InDePeNdEnT jOuRnAliSm” when they are financed by the goverment that rivals the area they serve.
Sadly “people” regularly post overt imperial propaganda on Lemmy without much pushback.
The imperial narrative is strong here.
